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For those itchin to know - I'll write something quick - but honestly I still don't have the energy to go into great detail - so you'll just have to wait for the official tour report from our captain.
For those who don't already know - we were playin the the bowl championship - and were pooled with the Taipei Giants, the Flying Elvises from Malaysia and The Pot Belly Pigs from Hong Kong.
We played the Taipei Giants first - a team of Taiwanese Nationals - very organized and drilled - about what you'd expect from an Asian contingent. Anyways - we lost. We probably could have beaten them - but we were far too drunk/hungover. Close game nonetheless.
We then played the Flying Elvises - we crushed them. I don't even remember them having posession actually - final score 35-5 (or something similar). For those at home - that's a try roughly every minute and a half. Well fuckin' done lads!
Finally we played the Hong Kong side - real close match - so close in fact - that we tied 12-12 - but because we killed the Elvi - we were pooled 2nd and they were pooled 3rd.
On Sunday we started our bowl run by playin a Japanese team - Tokyo Gaijin - and we crushed them too - final score 41-5. Brilliant play by everybody as is demonstrated by the diversity of people that scored tries.
In the semi-finals we played Cebu - a Philipino team, very small - very quick - expect for their number 1 who was massive - but Ben took him out in fine form. Final score 19-0
And in the finals we played the Hong Kong side again (I use the word "again" loosely as they were wearing the same uniforms as the day previous - but the bodies underneath were quite different). Final score 35 to 7. Gotta tell ya - everybody there - more then a little pissed off about that one.
Anyways doesn't matter now anyways - it was a great time - best team I've ever toured with. The forwards dominated and intimidated - the backs were clever and fast - over all the only weakness wasn't the guys on the field it was the lack of guys that came.
Ah well - always next year - where do I sign up?
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